When you design a report, you specify where to get the data, what data to get, and how to display the data. When you run the report, the report processor takes all the information you have specified, retrieves the data, and combines it with the report layout to generate the report. You can preview your reports in Report Builder, or you can publish your report without looking at a preview.
Report Builder is a powerful tool that allows you to present the same dataset in formats, such as tables, charts, graphs, and maps when using geographic data.
The development of reports that are more detailed and available in different forms has become arguably harder than it used to be. Report Builder is a big subject that we certainly cannot cover in one chapter. A great supplement to this chapter would be a book dedicated to SSRS reporting that would cover the Report Builder functionality in much more detail, rather than a specific use case like we...